Tuck Rule

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by kingerock

the thing that gets me is that if they intended to throw it there was no eligible receiver anywhere close and it should be a grounding penalty. The rule is dumb to me because it's win-win for the QB and lose-lose for the defense.

That is an interesting thing, if the "tuck" rule comes into play, then it should be a penality for intential grounding because chances are, the QB is still between the tackles, and secondly, the ball didn't make it to the line of scrimmage. Should be an automatic grounding penality.